And though memory is cheaper now than ever before, it is still more expensive than disk, so moving everything to memory is currently not feasible. Furthermore, traditional DBMSes (such as DB2) are ...

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The world of technology is currently abuzz with claims of value around “in-memory” technology. By working with data stored in RAM for processing, instead of a traditional database, from which ...

But real-time applications’ growing need to manage large volumes of complex data has ushered in a new technology: the in-memory database system (IMDS), which stores data in main memory. IMDSs ...

Companies that run SAP’s applications should know that most of those applications can perform much better on Oracle Database than on any other database platform, including HANA.

Not really very long ago the terms In-Memory Computing (IMC) and In-Memory Database (IMDB) seemed to start showing up big time. Although the authors of so many pieces were using the term with ...

In-memory database technology improves specific application performance notably. But challenges need to be met before in-memory database becomes the norm.

Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.

The global in-memory database market is experiencing rapid growth due to the increasing demand for real-time data processing and analytics.

Microsoft isn't often mentioned when it comes to in-memory database conversations. But here's why Redmond thinks they deserve to be.